ZA5459: Flash Eurobarometer 306 (The Euro Area, 2010)

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Abstract

Attitude towards the European Union and the implementation of the Euro as currency. Economic situation.
Topics: membership in the European Union is a good thing; having the euro is a good thing for the own country and for Europe; changes in feeling European due to the euro; difficulty to distinguish and handle euro bank notes and specific coins; opinion about the number of existing coins and which euro coin denominations should be removed; conversion from the price in euro to the national currency when it comes to exceptional and common purchases; trips abroad; the euro eases travelling/comparing prices and reduces cross-border banking charges; balance of national budget in 2009; awareness of the “Stability and Growth Pact”; need for reforms to improve economy; successful reforms in other euro area countries put pressure on national government to reform; governments need to save for the ageing of populations; national government should increase taxes to finance economic reforms; national government should reduce expenditures; the EU should play an active role in the reform process in the own country; areas in which most important reforms took place (labor market, health system, pension system, social security system, telecom, gas/electricity, taxation, education systems); affected personally by these reforms; significant effect on the national economy due to reforms; expectations regarding the inflation rate; development of household income since last year and expectations for the current year.
Additional questions for Malta, Cyprus and Slovakia: usefulness of continued dual price displays; prices increased during the changeover period.
Demography: age; sex; age when stopped full-time education; occupation; professional position; type of community.
Additionally coded was: weighting factor.

Groups

EB - Flash Eurobarometer
The Flash Eurobarometer were launched by the European Commission in the late eighties, turning out a Monthly Monitor between in 1994 and 1995. These “small scale” surveys are conducted in all EU member states at times, occasionally reducing or enlarging the scope of countries as a function of specific topics. The typical sample size is 500-1000 respondents per country and interviews are usually conducted by phone in the respective national language. The Flash Eurobarometer include series on special topics (Common Currency, EU Enlargement, Information Society, Entrepreneurship, Innovation) as well as special target group polls, particularly company managers with enterprise related topics.